Southern Journeys - South Island People and Places

Published by Random House NZ, Auckland, 2001, 203 pages.

The South Island offers contrasting landscapes and contrasting people. South Islanders have a passion for their environment and the Southern Alps in particular. In this book, Roy Sinclair travels through the South Island discovering people with unique stories to tell about living down south. In no particular order, Sinclair pedals the Trans Alpine Way, stops off at the Blackball Hotel, charts the seven wonders of Hokitika, spends some time in Arthur's Pass, discusses the big earthquake that rocked the Buller in 1929, talks with a jade collector, meets with some Singaporeans living in Rangiora and takes the Kingston Flyer to Queenstown.